In the main hall of the Yan family, Yan Da and Old Madam Yan both frowned.
It was really hard for them to imagine how Chen Ruo had managed to live in hiding in Qiongzhou Prefecture with her young child.
Later, Chen Ruo's eldest son married a girl named Xie. In order to completely break away from her past life, Chen Ruo decided to give all her grandchildren the surname Xie.
It's a pity that Chen Ruo's son and daughter-in-law died young from an insect disease that was prevalent in Qiongzhou Prefecture. In the end, they left their two children to Chen Ruo to take care of.
Old Madam Yan's eyes were red. She could never have imagined that Chen Ruo lost her father when she was young, her brother and husband when she was young, and now she would have to see her children die in her old age.
When Yan Mingye heard this, he looked at Xie Rao with some heartache.
Old Madam Yan found an excuse to drive Yan Mingye and the others out, leaving only the couple and Xie Rao's siblings in the main hall.
Yan Mingye was a little confused, but Qin Yanning knew that his grandmother was going to ask about the whole story of the incident that happened to the Xu family that year.
This matter involved the late emperor, so my grandparents sent them away.
Mrs. Yan spoke cautiously only after seeing that everyone had left.
"Did your grandmother leave any message regarding the Xu family's matter?"
Old Madam Yan guessed that Chen Ruo must have given these two children some instructions back then, otherwise they would not have come all the way from Qiongzhou Prefecture to the capital.
Xie Yi hesitated for a moment. "Grandma He, General Yan, it's not that I don't want to talk about this, it's just that this matter is of great importance. If I didn't want my ancestors to be wronged and wanted to try my luck in the capital, I would have kept this matter to myself."
Yan Da glared and said, "We old guys are in charge. Come on, tell us what we have to say."
Xie Yi glanced at Xie Rao, and Xie Rao nodded affirmatively.
What her brother wanted to do could not be accomplished by them alone. She believed what her grandmother said, that Grandma He was a trustworthy person.
Only then did Xie Yi recount what had happened that year.
Qiongzhou Prefecture was located in a remote area. Xu Jinshi was the Sihu of Qiongzhou Prefecture at the time, in charge of the finances of Qiongzhou Prefecture.
When he first arrived in Qiongzhou Prefecture, Xu Jinshi felt something was wrong. After working for a few years, he had a lot of evidence in his hands that the then governor of Qiongzhou Prefecture had embezzled disaster relief funds.
The governor of Qiongzhou Prefecture at that time was the current head of the Kong family, who was also the empress dowager's brother.
At the beginning, everyone said that the Kong family was noble and righteous, and was willing to serve in a poor place like Qiongzhou Prefecture.
But no one expected that although Qiongzhou Prefecture was poor, it also had a lot of money for disaster relief every year, and Governor Kong took this opportunity to make a fortune.
Soon after Xu Jinshi found the evidence, he asked someone to submit a memorial to the higher authorities, but the news was blocked by the Kong family, who even framed him for everything.
Xu Jinshi wanted to do things for the people, but ended up in disaster.
"Those who did it were the late emperor's secret guards. They spared my grandmother and father's lives, but the Kong family has never given up hunting my grandmother down over the years."
"That's why grandma took us everywhere all these years."
"Now that my grandmother is dead, my sister and I are the only two people left in the world who know about this. I thought I couldn't let this matter rot in my stomach, so I came to the capital from Qiongzhou."
Old Madam Yan was shocked by the whole thing. She knew that the Kong family was not a good family, but she did not expect that they had done such a cruel thing many years ago.
Yan Da was so angry that he cursed, "Damn it, I knew the Kong family was full of scumbags."
Old Madam Yan calmed down for a moment and called Qin Yanning in.
Shen Ziyu and Qin Yanning had already discussed this with several members of the Yan family, so Old Madam Yan knew that Shen Ziyu was just lacking an excuse to deal with the Kong family.
The appearance of the Xie brothers and sisters, as well as the accounting evidence investigated by Xu Jinshi at that time, were enough to nail the Kong family and the Queen Mother down, making it impossible for them to turn over.
After Qin Yanning learned about this, he did not delay any longer and took the Xie brothers and sisters to the Regent's Palace.
Once the whereabouts of the Xie brothers and sisters are exposed, I'm afraid that the group of flies from the Kong family will follow them.
Although the Yan family is also very safe, it is not as impregnable as the Regent's Palace.
Xie Yi originally wanted to hand over the evidence in his hand to Shen Ziyu, and he had been looking for a suitable opportunity to get close to Shen Ziyu these days.
That's why he chose to tell everything to Yan Da and Old Madam Yan just now. He has only been in the capital for a short time, but he has heard that the Regent favors Qin Yanning.
Anyway, Old Madam Yan has already recognized his sister. Whether he shows his head or hides it, he will be in danger. He might as well give it a try.
Qin Yanning had just arrived at the palace when Shen Ziyu also left the court.
On the way home, he specially bought a crispy duck for Qin Yanning, and he got such a big surprise when he got home.
Shen Ziyu handed the crispy duck to Qin Yanning, and then took Xie Yi and his sister to the study.
This conversation lasted for several hours.
Qin Yanning was happy to be free, so he asked Lan Yue to tear the crispy duck apart and started eating it by himself.
When it was late, Shen Ziyu had not finished chatting yet, so Qin Yanning asked the kitchen to make a few bowls of cherry yogurt.
She ate one portion herself and sent the rest to the study and to Concubine Sun.
Lan Yue stopped Qin Yanning from eating, "Princess, there is ice in this cherry yogurt, you should eat it slowly."
"I calculated that your baby is several days late. If you eat something cold, you might get a stomachache."
Qin Yanning was stunned, and then she remembered that it had been almost a month since she last took Longfeng Pills.
She placed her hand on her belly. In a while, there would be two more young masters in the Regent's Palace.
Qin Yanning was just thinking about it when he heard Shen Ziyu's footsteps.
"What are you thinking about?" Shen Ziyu got a great help in overthrowing the Kong family today, and he felt like he was basking in the spring breeze.
Qin Yanning smiled and said, "I'm thinking that soon there might be a little guy calling Guan Ziyu daddy."
Shen Ziyu was struck by lightning when he heard this, and he stood there in a daze.
After a long while, he excitedly asked someone to call Xu Guanlan.
Xu Guanlan felt helpless when he heard Chang Yin say that the princess might be pregnant and that was why he was asked to take her pulse.
He guessed that it was probably because the princess had irregular menstruation. Given Shen Ziyu's body, it was a blessing from heaven that he could do it.
If the princess was pregnant, wouldn't the imperial mausoleum be on fire with thick smoke billowing?
Thinking of this, Xu Guanlan put his hand on Qin Yanning's wrist.
The next second, Xu Guanlan wanted to rush out to see if the imperial tomb was on fire.
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